Dump Ricky?

[SAAviour]

Do you think anyone would take Romero if the jays put him on waivers?

Salary:

2013 $7,500,000

2014 $7,500,00

2015 $7,500,000

 

Maybe a team desperate for pitching thinks they can turn him around. Angels?

 

I love the guy, but I think he's done. He'd likely go unclaimed and we could at least clear a 40 man spot while he goes back to A ball to work on things.

[Rajaifailedgrade1]

I don't care if nobody picks him up he can rot in the minors, just get rid of him. Can't let this turdball pitch another game for us...

[G-Snarls]

We can demote him without requiring passing through waivers. He had an option left for this year.

[Dylan]

Send him back to the minors for a few months.

 

It was dumb to bring him up and even the dumbest of fans knew that.

[JaysAllMighty]

Back to the minors until he truly has found himself. Right now he's just a train wreck and only hurting us.

[BluejayEd]

It was ridiculous to have here in the first place. Let's call him up only to have his last shot of confidence be totally destroyed,

[SAAviour]

Give Lincoln a shot?

Make me feel better about trading Snider!

[Rajaifailedgrade1]

Change the R to a D in the title, and I would still agree.

[admin]

Yup. He was sent down to work on things, and shouldn't have been brought back after one start. The problem now: who the f*** starts games for this team? JJ is hurt, Happ is hurt - We have Dickey, Morrow, Buehrle the gas can, and nothing in the 4 or 5 slots.

 

We went from contemplating putting Happ in the minors because there was no room, to this. Unbelievable.

I like the idea of Arrieta.

[GD]

I like the idea of Arrieta.

 

All aboard the Arrieta bandwagon! Lol I'm gonna keep pushing this

[TheHurl]

you give him the next start. If he fails you move him to the pen and try to get Lincoln to start. This team doesn't have the luxury of having others who can start. After that Happ might be back and Johnson and then you have Jenkins, Romero and Redmond (hopefully, know nothing about his injury) competing in the minors for starts (or being brought up and down for spot starts, eating some much needed innings).

 

Another possibility is a Happ type trade. Picking up a starter/middle reliever with options.

[Captain Adama]

you give him the next start. If he fails you move him to the pen and try to get Lincoln to start. This team doesn't have the luxury of having others who can start. After that Happ might be back and Johnson and then you have Jenkins, Romero and Redmond (hopefully, know nothing about his injury) competing in the minors for starts (or being brought up and down for spot starts, eating some much needed innings).

 

Another possibility is a Happ type trade. Picking up a starter/middle reliever with options.

 

I saw happ type trade and shuddered

[saskjayfan]

You send him to AAA. IF anyone offers to take him on, you dump him for free. He looks done as a major league starter.

 

I remember when many of the posters here said Aaron Hill was done.

[o2cui2i]

Send him back to the minors for a few months.

 

It was dumb to bring him up and even the dumbest of fans knew that.

 

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AA probably cost Romero half the season by setting him back while he was getting sorted out. AA needs to get off his park bench and get involved. move forwards or move backwards, there is not standing still.

[o2cui2i]

you give him the next start. If he fails you move him to the pen and try to get Lincoln to start. This team doesn't have the luxury of having others who can start. After that Happ might be back and Johnson and then you have Jenkins, Romero and Redmond (hopefully, know nothing about his injury) competing in the minors for starts (or being brought up and down for spot starts, eating some much needed innings).

 

Another possibility is a Happ type trade. Picking up a starter/middle reliever with options.

 

I think Hutch will be ready before Romero

[o2cui2i]

Jays were hoping to get lucky calling him up. He is not in the plans the only reason he got called up is for value, and that is now gone.

 

Keep him in the minors, stupid baseball and the guaranteed money.. the sport would be much better without it

 

he wasn't called up for value. he was called up because JJ is missing starts. instead of making a real move AA brought up a guy who wasn't close to ready.

[AdamGreenwood]

I think Hutch will be ready before Romero

 

I think my 5 year old son will be ready before Romero.

[o2cui2i]

I think my 5 year old son will be ready before Romero.

 

Romero was actually very good the first 3 innings and then he fell off a cliff. he's not mentally ready and bringing him up was a huge mistake.

 

jays are in trouble because AA didn't make a move to bring in a legit 6th starter when it was obvious to everyone that Romero was damaged goods. now he has the same problem as last year. if anyone gets hurt they are screwed.

 

until Hutch and Drabek come back they dont have any options unless AA makes a move.

[Chappy]

Romero shouldn't be anywhere near the MLB team unless AA is conceding the season. It was obvious last season when he had those severe control issues that something wasn't right with him. He followed that with an atrocious spring and people were still singing his praises and hoping Happ would be the one sent down. I didn't get it then and I still don't. The guy is just not right, we know it, the organization knows it and yet here he is in the majors costing us games that we simply cannot afford to lose.

 

If we don't have viable options in AAA, well then it's pretty clear AA s*** the bed on this. We literally have nothing.

[Chappy]

until Hutch and Drabek come back they dont have any options unless AA makes a move.

 

That's the troubling part. AA almost has to go out and get a SP over the next couple days or were probably running Romero and Gonzalez out there for the next while. He needs to find some cheap options, because there is zero point in trading away any meaningful prospects with where this team currently is.

 

I still think we have a chance to get back into this thing, but it needs to be done via cheap patchwork and not at the cost of further hindering the future, because lets be honest here, this team has several holes and were not going to be able to fix them all.

[Chappy]

I thought Ricky was pitching injured, but they kept trotting him out and back from AA..

 

No diagnosis yet, Ricky used to be dominant

 

He was apparently not 100% last season, but unless they are lying about his health again, he is not the same pitcher he once was. Also, he was never really dominant. He was pretty good, but not dominant. Some luck played a role in his 2011 season.

[G-Snarls]

What a nightmare this Romero situation has become for the team

 

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[Slade]

He has to get at least one more start, there really is no other options at this point with JJ and Happ on the DL.

 

I'd probably only consider Vargas or Jenkins at this point and I really wouldn't want to see them here for an extended period.

 

I really hope Ricky can get his s*** together cause this team could really use the old Ricky Romero.

[CHRIS]

I'd probably take a look at Jenkins after seeing how his next start goes.

[GD]

I think my 5 year old son will be ready before Romero.

 

Greenwood has children? God help us all, lol.

[GD]

If we don't have viable options in AAA, well then it's pretty clear AA s*** the bed on this. We literally have nothing.

 

Worse depth: This year or last year?

[G-Snarls]

Worse depth: This year or last year?

 

Villaneueva was good depth last year

 

But we were counting on Cecil and Drabek as starters so it's hard to compare...

[Caper]

I'd take a huge gamble and bring Stroman up to pitch.

[GeorgiaPeach]

Send him back to the minors for a few months.

 

It was dumb to bring him up and even the dumbest of fans knew that.

 

While I agree. Most fans would be complaining about some minor league scrub getting the call as well.

[GeorgiaPeach]

Yup. He was sent down to work on things, and shouldn't have been brought back after one start. The problem now: who the f*** starts games for this team? JJ is hurt, Happ is hurt - We have Dickey, Morrow, Buehrle the gas can, and nothing in the 4 or 5 slots.

 

Does it matter?